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12/5/2013 12:45PM

Bonnie, Clyde and the Return of the Mini-Series

In the latest example of how TV networks are maxing out on the miniseries, A&E Networks will simulcast its two-part, four-hour “Bonnie & Clyde” on three channels—A&E, History, Lifetime—in hopes of recreating the ratings success of past hits. Photo: A&E.

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... I ... I haven't couple Bonnie Clyde ... the small screen this Sunday on not just one or two but three channels of the same time in a bid to pick up ratings across all demographics ... welcome to the era of the slimmed down mini series that comes with a maximum expectations ... can explain his entertainer reporter John Jurgensen nineteen meeting and ... so I remember ... the Thorn birds are resisting the more I mixing named her dog content of the more I was born during that time than the ACCC this huge thing how is it different now um well it's back into the surprisingly Tuesday was when this format for Dan for a long time because they are expensive they are very real the indecency to make much ... sense ... now it's all about the debt ceiling the idea being how can we get people to tune in for a lot of TV show when you can see though things you can DVR watch unless ... it's all about getting people in the tent to speak ... so with these big lavish series with big stars who would otherwise commit to a big open ended TV series than they can do their best to sort of ... use big ammunition trying get the ... license to outsource to be little more more attractively watch ... TV and to reduce the ... rate ... I'm thinking that and a small tight can all today unveiling of bonding I've got a funny that the mini series the two parties to address its thinking that the call ... Mr. is Mr. parts of the idea is that they feel very strong very confident in the spawning five of movie TV ... ALM so the idea is you know this is the real channels on with the same network umbrella ... why not use the resources to blast it all out there and fail the test on the dip to from your demographics ... and life science he's workforce women ... in history more towards men ... and with the story that has lots of guns and also from the female lead that they can they get as many people the sting of what's possible ... also sell ... bigger as for sponsorship ... with something along the pipeline ... that's worse than the three channel ... it's my resurgence in this type of ... thing aam I think people like the idea of the TV that I think in those maybe there's some nostalgia basically said look forward to the corrupt not one to watch these things they were still on a soap or ... but I think ill those of us remember ... what they meant that they remember there are ... these big marquee events that I think the networks are trying to sort out in the movie ... although I think they are low shot up like a mini series is there's a connotation to that ... and use the term reality TV stand with the stock though he's getting inundated with a lap additional highly produced shows sometimes the calm and serious sometimes the call of limited series ... goes for the keywords you should be listening for ... to know that there's kind of ... up close and in store and try to tell lots of fanfare starts to carry the stuffs going on in the TV viewing landscape is ending and we are used to being in a fit with reality TV it is so different from the sun was up ... seven c as a cheaper way for me on TV this is the puts upon me or is there a shift here by I'd I think this all has to do with the idea that the son of high caliber drama ... is very important and that works right now if if if it doesn't assume that our ratings it does sort of make them seem important and prestigious and they're telling the stories I think ... I think the the the the the the popularity of buzz around so slippery that for example ... are mad men ... is really sort of Hermès brought a renaissance of these ... are important from a system that are happening right now in the mini series allows them to do ... you know kind of like a big piece plastic thing but not to commit to it for opening period time in ... three seasons for sees ... them you know but alas I'm so ... it's rather these chore Ronson see what happens ... is the actress biologist on as well as I can say that comedy ... is very tender cutting of its radius of the spoils of Babylon which sounds very much like an eighties miniseries in the ... it's it's produced by will Ferrell group ... aam he makes an appearance in as well ... it's a satire based on the cover the Thorn birds routes picks are you talking about ... it's a six part series picks up these parties half an hour long so it's a mini mini series